It's become pretty impossible to ignore the steadily increasing prices at the grocery store [1], but eating out is the typically more expensive alternative to enjoying a home-cooked meal. And if you're someone who loves to entertain at home on a regular basis, cooking full meals for your friends can begin to burn holes in your budget. You don't have to resort to shutting yourself in with a DVD and a bowl of pasta for dinner due to expensive groceries — invite your friends over for a fun family-style potluck instead [2]! You and your guests are sure to get more than enough to eat and then some, without spending two-weeks worth of your grocery budget on one meal.

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